Belarus: Document On Integration With Russia Surfaces

December 09, 1996 00:00 GMT

By Walter Stankievich

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Prague, 13 December 1996 (RFE/RL) - A document believed left behind during a recent visit by a Russian parliamentary delegation has surfaced in Minsk, and is being widely reported. Our Minsk correspondent quotes the document on closer Belarus-Russia integration as proposing dual citizenship, formation of a Supreme Soviet of the Union, a referendum on unification in each of the two states, and election of a Union President. The Russian delegation was headed by Sergei Baburin.

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